Oksana Sergeevna Akinshina (Оксана Сергеевна Акиньшина; born 19 April 1987) is a Russian actress.
2001
She is known for her roles in the films Sisters (2001), Lilya 4-ever (2002), The Bourne Supremacy (2004), Hipsters (2008), and Sputnik (2020).
Akinshina was born in what was then Leningrad in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
Her father was a car mechanic and her mother an accountant.
She has a younger sister.
Starting acting at age 12, Akinshina was discovered by Sergei Bodrov, Jr., and she made her screen début in the Russian crime film Sisters (2001), Bodrov's own directorial début.
Her second film, Lilya 4-Ever (2001), earned her a 2002 European Film Award nomination for Best Actress.
2002
At the time she landed the role in Lilya 4-ever (2002), Akishnina only spoke Russian, and communicated with director Lukas Moodysson with the help of Alexandra Dahlström as her interpreter.
She lost, however, to the eight actresses of the film 8 Women (2002), directed by François Ozon.
For her role in Lilya 4-Ever, she also received the award for Best Actress in Leading Role from the Guldbagge Awards, Sweden's national film awards.
2004
Since then Akinshina has acted in the films Het Zuiden, directed by Martin Koolhoven, and The Bourne Supremacy (2004), directed by Paul Greengrass.
2007
From 2007 to 2010, Akinshina was married to businessman Dmitry Litvinov, with whom she has a son.
2012
In 2012, she remarried to film producer Archil Gelovani.
